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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03450	More excellent obseruations of the estate and affaires of Holland In a discourse, shewing how necessarie and conuenient it is for their neighbouring countries, as well as the Netherland prouinces, to trade into the West Indies. ... Faithfully translated out of the Dutch copie.; Missive daer in kortelijck ende grondigh werdt vertoont, hoe veel de Vereenighde Nederlanden gheleghen is aen de Oost ende West Indische navigatie. English.	Usselincx, Willem, 1567-ca. 1647.	1622 (1622)	STC 13573; ESTC S104122	25,329	40

their Nauigation was in Portugale for the space of 100. yeares and lastly for 25. yeares hath beene in Holland and Zealand and since that by a good agreement made the last yeare was also brought into England in such sort that the King of Spaines Marchants were forced in the said yeares afore-said contrary to all mens expectations to buy Nutmegs Cloues and Mace of vs. Now also to know what great hinderance the King of Spaine receiueth in his Customes and Tolles yearely you must remember that which I shall tell you all Caracks and Galleons that are made and prepared by the particular Company to sayle outward must not sayle to East India without leaue and satisfying the Kings custome and being returned againe out of East India into Portugale the Factors or Partners must deliuer a iust note of their lading sealed vp and signed by the Officers in East India after that the Officers in Portugale agree with the Company or Partners for the Kings custome which amounteth to a great summe of money at the least halfe a Capitall which Wares when they are caried out of Portugale into other of the said Kings Kingdomes must againe pay custome and when they are caried from thence into other Prouinces the King hath the third and last toll of them all this being calculated into one summe will amount vnto yearely for the King aboue 100. Tunnes of gold besides the double losse which the Portugales in 24. yeares haue had and endured first last in their ships and goods and yet endure Hauing shewed what the Partners haue profited the Common-wealth and the Inhabitants thereof by the East Indian Trade and yet doe profit them as also what great damage and losse the King of Spaine with his Portugale Subiects by this meanes hath receiued and endured now I will briefly declare the present state of the said Company in East India You must vnderstand that matter of Trafficke is in very good termes which wee hope by Gods help and blessing shall from yeare to yeare still be better and better now the English-men by meanes of a contract made with them a yeare since ioyne their forces with ours and we for our parts haue in East India that are comming home and here in the Countrey aboue 50. ships double furnished with lusty Saylers as also all other things fit for the Warre and for so long a voyage and about 10. strong Forts whereof some we haue taken from the Enemy the rest haue beene erected at the great cost and charges of the Company and made defensible which for the security of our owne people and goods as also for the defence of our confederates are sufficiently prouided Lastly when they of Bantam began to lay an extraordinary toll vpon our Nation and caused vs to pay 50. pro cento custome and yet we could not for all that obtaine licence of them to build a Warehouse of Stone and Morter for the security of our Wares and Marchandises for that being of wood it was twice burnt we were constrained to transport our Trade in Bantam to another conuenient place which is a firme Iland and hath many good and conuenient Hauens in it for in my Writings I finde that fiue yeares past Mataram the great Emperour of Iaua who is able to bring 300. thousand men into the field dwelling about 100. miles distant from Bantam had also sought to make some contract of aliance with vs offering to deliuer vs Pepper toll free and licence to build vs a Castle of Morter and Stone with all things conuenient in Iapara which was not well lik'd of by the King of Bantam and his Lieutenant At last our Nation built a conuenient Towne about Iacatra reasonably well fortified and called it Batauia where there are about 1000. houses of all Nations there to Trafficke and deale in Marchandize which is defended and gouerned by a Gouernour Scowt and other Officers for the maintainance of good gouernment and policy and to administer Iustice vnto euery one and to the end that before all other things Gods seruice and honour might be maintained whereby the blinde Heathens might be brought out of their great darknesse and young children taught the knowledge of the truth of Iesus Christ our Sauiour the Company diligently and carefully tooke order to erect a Church and a Schoole therein to the which end they sent thether certaine learned men as at the first also they did which with great benefit and encrease haue taught the Heathens the Gospell of Christ in their owne language as well as vnto our men in their language In such manner that a King and a Prince of Amboina where the Countrey people are much addicted vnto diuellish and heathenish superstitions sent two of their sonnes into these Countries with a Letter written vnto the Prince of Orange to haue them brought vp at Schoole and taught our language and Christian Religion that they might at their returne into East India be a meanes of planting the Church of Chaist there in India and learne how to defend their owne natiue Countrey Wee are heartily to pray vnto God that he will be pleased to send more true Shepheards thether that willingly and out of meere loue will vndertake that long voyage to feed the blinde Sheepe that they may by meanes of true faith be brought vnto the fellowship of his heauenly Kingdome and glory which the Company before all things ought specially to haue a care of which I and other of my fellow partners haue heartily entreated them to vndertake thereunto choosing such men as by their godly liues and behauiours may be an example vnto others that so our Spirituall exercises together with our temporall Trade of Marchandise may the better be blessed and prosper This shall serue onely for an aduise now that I may fully make answere vnto your first question I will briefly speake somewhat of the Spanish Trade whereof in the end of your proposition you make mention I said before that notwithstanding the King of Spaines interdiction against vs made touching the same neuerthelesse we enioy it by meanes of other Nations for you must certainly be perswaded that we were not bereft thereof here in these Countries if you note that all manufacters both for price and dealing in other parts into Spaine is nothing lessoned In such sort that we shall win nothing by the Spanish Trade but obtaine a little bettering thereof yet with doubtfull security for if he should graunt vs freedome of Trade there then wee shall haue liberty to goe thither which is more then many men thinke of or conceiue for he for his part thereby hath his custome which is very great and Spaine would be victualed by vs in time of need and we for our parts should put our stocks people ships and Ordnance into his hands therewith to oppresse our selues or our friends whereunto he would want no occasions as wee haue heretofore well found and by experience tried whereof it is needlesse here to